Polio this week – GPEI
Polio this week

Headlines 

  • Poliovirus detections in European Region underscore importance of vaccination and vigilance.  Poliovirus has been detected through routine surveillance of wastewater systems in three countries in the WHO European Region (Germany, Poland and Spain) since September this year. While no cases have been detected to date, the presence of the virus underscores the importance of vaccination and surveillance, as well as the ongoing risk that any form of poliovirus poses to all countries everywhere.  More.
  • The latest report of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Polio Emergency Committee has been published, following the group’s meeting last month.  The report is available here.
  • Webinar (6 December) on considerations for integrating multi-antigens and other health interventions to support polio eradication.  Friday 6 December at 15hrs CET.  Registration required.  More information, including registration details, here.

Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:

  • Afghanistan:  two WPV1 cases
  • Pakistan:  one WPV1 case and 16 WPV1-positive environmental samples
  • Germany:  four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • Niger:  three cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
Country updates as of 04 December 2024

More information on the countries that have reported cases and/or environmental samples this week.

  • Two WPV1 cases were reported this week, from Uruzgan and Hilmand, with onsets of paralysis in October and November.  The total number of WPV1 cases for 2024 is 25.
  • No WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week.

  • One WPV1 case was reported this week, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with onset of paralysis on 6 November.  The total number of cases for 2024 is 56.
  • 16 WPV1-positive environmental positive sample were reported this week, from Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh, collected in November.

  • Four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples are reported this week, collected in October and November, from Munich, Bonn, Cologne and Hamburg.

  • Three cVDPV2 cases were reported this week, from Tahoua, with onsets of paralysis in October.  The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2024 is 14.
  • One cVDPV2-positive environmental sample is reported this week, from Maradi, collected on 29 October.